Cynthia Longfield

Cynthia Longfield
Born(1896-08-16)16 August 1896
Belgravia, London, England
Died27 June 1991(1991-06-27) (aged 94)
Cloyne, Ireland
Known fordragonfly expert

Cynthia Evelyn Longfield (16 August 1896 – 27 June 1991) was an Anglo-Irish entomologist and explorer and the first woman member of the Entomological Society.[1] She was an expert on the dragonfly[2][3] and was nicknamed "Madame Dragonfly".[4][2][5] She travelled extensively and published The Dragonflies of the British Isles in 1937. She worked as a research associate at the Natural History Museum, London, and was the expert on the dragonflies there, particularly on African species.[2][4]

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  2. ^ a b c "Longfield, Cynthia (1896–1991)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 1 January 2007. ISBN 978-1414418612. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  3. ^ "The life of Madam Dragonfly". The Irish Times. 19 August 2006. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b Staff. "Cynthia Longfield". The New Naturalists Online. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  5. ^ Hayter-Hames, Jane (1991). Madam Dragonfly : the life and times of Cynthia Longfield. Edinburgh [u.a.]: Pentland Press. ISBN 187279520X.